Recent Broadcasts

Rachel Kudo
4/17/2017 at 6:00 PM

Japanese-American pianist Rachel Kudo will share her passion in a richly varied program of classical masterpieces. Featured composers will include Claude Debussy, Robert Schumann, and American composer Samuel Barber.

Songs for Hope: A D.C. Tribute to Pete Seeger
4/15/2017 at 6:00 PM

Songs for Hope: A D.C. Tribute to Pete Seeger is an evening of songs from and inspired by the life, work, and music of Pete Seeger, featuring performances from local artists Jonny Grave, Laura Schwartz, Ballad’ve, Elena Lacayo, Candice Mills, and others.

In conjunction with the ticketed Pete Seeger and the Power of Song: Tribute to a Folk Legend taking place in the Concert Hall at 8 p.m.

Boston Conservatory at Berklee
4/14/2017 at 6:00 PM

Two graduate-level ensembles from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee will make their Millennium Stage and Washington, D.C. debuts. Sharing an hour program will be the BoCoCelli cello quartet and No Strings Attached, an honors brass quintet. No Strings Attached will perform Anthony Plog’s Four Sketches for Brass Quintet, an excerpt from J.S. Bach’s Art of the Fugue, and Enrique Crespo’s Suite Americana. BoCoCelli will perform selections from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, tango master Astor Piazzolla, and Lalo Shifrin’s Mission Impossible theme.

NSO Youth Fellows
4/13/2017 at 6:00 PM

Target Family Night: The Nile Project
4/12/2017 at 6:00 PM

One of the tightest cross-cultural collaborations in musical history, The Nile Project brings together artists from the 11 Nile countries, representing over 450 million people, to compose new songs that combine the rich diversity of one of the oldest places on Earth.

Danilo Brito
4/11/2017 at 6:00 PM

Brazilian composer and mandolin player Danilo Brito will perform instrumentals. Brito is important to world of music both for his extraordinary musicianship and for the unique musical and cultural tradition he promulgates through his work—the Choro music of Brazil.

Musical Theatre Division of the Catholic University of America
4/10/2017 at 6:00 PM

The Musical Theatre Division of the Catholic University of America present a fast paced review of the music of Richard Rodgers and some of his favorite collaborators including Stephen Sondheim, Lorenz Hart, and Oscar Hammerstein II.

Bavubuka (Youth) Foundation
4/9/2017 at 5:00 PM

From the Bavubuka (Youth) Foundation, this dynamic group of Ugandan Hip Hop leaders, known as “The Builders,” bring the spirit of their communities to the stage through the powerful medium of luga flow. Their unique, indigenous emceeing skills delivered in their native tongues, combined with traditional storytelling, poetry, and rhythm will lead you in an experience of transformative Hip Hop culture that inspires the awakening of youth in Africa.

VTDance
4/8/2017 at 6:00 PM

Christopher K. Morgan & Artists
4/7/2017 at 6:00 PM

Christopher K. Morgan & Artists presents three acclaimed dance works all accompanied by live music. Excerpts of P?haku open and close the program, incorporating storytelling, ancient hula, and modern dance to explore the story of Hawaii’s native people, land loss, and fractured identity. Also on the program are Morgan’s 2014 works In the Cold Room and Bruised. All works feature original scores performed live by electric cellist Wytold, with the addition of live Hawaiian chant and percussion by Mel Enos for P?haku.

Free general admission tickets will be distributed in the Hall of States starting at approximately 5 p.m., up to two tickets per person.

Tamagawa University and Taiko Group
4/6/2017 at 6:10 PM

Thundering taiko drumming meets traditional Japanese dance as nearly 30
drummers and dancers from Tamagawa University and Taiko Group take the stage.
The performers make up one of Japan’s top-ranking taiko groups coming out of the
premier arts university in Japan. Presented in collaboration with the National Cherry
Blossom Festival.

Simon Schembri
4/4/2017 at 6:00 PM

Acclaimed guitar virtuoso Simon Schembri gives numerous recitals in France, his adopted country, and abroad. He was awarded the license of the Royal Schools of Music of London (L.R.S.M.) when he was 14. The following year, he was chosen as student of Master Alexandre Lagoya at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris where he was awarded First Prize. Schembri will perform a classical guitar concert.

Paquito D'Rivera
4/3/2017 at 6:00 PM

NEA Jazz Master and National Medal of Arts recipient Paquito D’Rivera brings his band—and his jazz saxophone and clarinet prowess—to the Millennium Stage for a performance as part of the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters celebration. After his performance on Millennium Stage, D’Rivera will also perform at the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert, at which five jazz artists will be saluted in a 90-minute, all-star concert starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Free tickets for the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert will be distributed in the Kennedy Center Hall of Nations.

Matthew Whitaker
4/2/2017 at 6:00 PM

Following up on his 2016 KC Jazz Club debut, fast-rising, teen jazz and blues organist and pianist Matthew Whitaker has performed with the likes of Roy Ayers, Jon Batiste, the New York Pops Orchestra, and Christian McBride. He comes to the Millennium Stage as part of the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters celebration, at which Whitaker’s mentor, Dr. Lonnie Smith, will receive a 2017 NEA Jazz Master designation.

Duo YUMENO
4/1/2017 at 6:00 PM

Koto/shamisen player and singer Yoko Reikano Kimura and cellist Hikaru Tamaki, known as Duo YUMENO, offer a singular, exquisite blending of traditional Japanese and contemporary sounds. This award-winning duo based in New York and Japan was praised for their performance “with precision and deep feeling” by the New York Classical Review.

Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead
3/31/2017 at 6:00 PM

Now in its 19th year, the Kennedy Center jazz education program presents various ensembles made up of competitively selected, emerging jazz artists/composers from across the world as they complete their weeklong residency with free concerts on the Millennium Stage.

Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead
3/30/2017 at 6:00 PM

Now in its 19th year, the Kennedy Center jazz education program presents various ensembles made up of competitively selected, emerging jazz artists/composers from across the world as they complete their weeklong residency with free concerts on the Millennium Stage.

Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead
3/29/2017 at 6:00 PM

Now in its 19th year, the Kennedy Center jazz education program presents various ensembles made up of competitively selected, emerging jazz artists/composers from across the world as they complete their weeklong residency with free concerts on the Millennium Stage.

The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts accessible to everyone in fulfillment of the Kennedy Center's mission to its community and the nation.

Generous support is provided by The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation and The Karel Komárek Family Foundation.

Additional support is provided by Kimberly Engel and Family-The Dennis and Judy Engel Charitable Foundation, The Gessner Family Foundation, The Irene Pollin Audience Development and Community Engagement Initiatives, The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation, Inc., The Meredith Foundation, Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A.J. Stolwijk, the U.S. Department of Education, the National Committee for the Performing Arts, and the Millennium Stage Endowment Fund.

The Millennium Stage Endowment Fund was made possible by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs, Fannie Mae Foundation, the Kimsey Endowment, Gilbert† and Jaylee† Mead, Mortgage Bankers Association of America and other anonymous gifts to secure the future of the Millennium Stage.

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